Renovation of nature trail for children and young people

Name: Renovation of nature trail for children and young people
Start: 2022-07-23
End: 2022-08-06
Location: Eutin, Germany

Germany Teenagers Environment Construction Manual work Teenagers Environment +2 Fixed dates

About the project

📝 Detailed information

🏢 About the local organisation

Erlebnis Natur e.V. (ERNA) Erlebnis Natur e.V. (ERNA) was founded 18 years ago to get children and young people excited about nature and to promote environmental education. The association offers various programs for groups, has its own children's and youth group and has created the extensive nature experience area ErNat(o)ur in Eutin with numerous learning and experience stations. The range of nature education topics includes the exploration of various biotopes, species protection and promotion, the sustainable use of our habitat and conscious nutrition. The ijgd has been organising volunteer service programmes since 1949. We are an independent, non-profit association for international youth work, a recognised independent youth welfare organisation, and one of the largest and oldest workcamp organisations in Germany. Each year, we assist around 5,000 young people into volunteer work in Germany and abroad. We give them the opportunity to be creative, act in solidarity, take responsibility for themselves, and discover their own true potential and strengths. Our principles: Ecological learning, voluntary contribution, self-organisation, social development, intercultural learning, gender equality, anti-racism/anti-discrimination and political education. Follow us on Instagram ijgd_workcamps Facebook @ijgd.workcamps

💼 What the programme involves

During this workcamp you will make an important contribution to the preservation of a 2km long nature trail for students. The ERNat(o)ur nature trail (https://www.erna-eutin.de/ner/ (only in German)) consists of 16 learning and experience stations where children and young people can gain practical experience on the topics of biotopes, species conservation, sustainable use of our habitat and conscious nutrition. The aim is to encourage students to shape a sustainable environment by teaching them about nature and its interrelationships and raising their awareness of the inestimable value of nature. To ensure that the nature trail can continue to be used, intensive maintenance and care are required. Despite ongoing maintenance and renovation work by the supervising association Erlebnis Natur e.V. (ERNA) (https://www.erna-eutin.de/ (only in German)), there are two facilities in particular that now urgently need to be completely renewed. Firstly, a 15-year-old plank footbridge must be replaced by successively demolishing the existing one and erecting the new one in parallel at the same location. The plank footbridge enables the crossing of a small moor area and thus the groundless use of the 2km long adventure trail. On the other hand, the renovation and enlargement of a small scoop pond is required so that the two learning and experience stations "Biodiversity in the Water" and "Water Researchers on the Move" can continue to be offered. For this purpose, the existing pond will be completely removed, the hole enlarged and the new pond created. For the association Erlebnis Natur e.V. (ERNA), the nature trail is an important prerequisite for being able to fulfill the self-imposed task of education for sustainable development. The members of the association will of course also pursue this task during your work and provide you with a lot of theoretical and practical knowledge about nature, environment, species and climate protection, sustainable development and sustainable use of our habitat as well as conscious nutrition.

🏠 Accommodation on site

You will stay in 2-4 person tents in the nature experience room. Toilets, showers, a small kitchen for self-catering and a recreation room are available on the premises. You will cook together. Money for food will be provided. Vegetarian or vegan meals are possible. Please state any intolerances during registration.

📍 About the location

You will live and work in Eutin, the cultural tourism center of Holstein Switzerland with its medieval town center. In addition to the historic old town, the Great Eutin Lake with the beautiful Eutin Castle, the lakeside parks, the open-air swimming pool, various boat tours and the Eutin Festival on the lake stage in the castle garden offer a range of leisure activities. www.eutin.de On weekends, trips to Kiel, Lübeck, Hamburg or the Baltic Sea are worthwhile.

⚠️ Requirements

Covid Rules (may change depending on the course of the pandemic): 2G+: Only vaccinated and recovered persons can register for the work camp. All participants must arrive with an official negative rapid test (not older than 24 hours) or PCR test (not older than 48 hours). On arrival, this and a vaccination or recovery certificate must be presented and a self-rapid test must be carried out. Thereafter, the entire group must perform a rapid self-test at least every 72 hours. We will provide self-rapid tests for the arrival and the whole camp period! Subject to changes! You will receive more detailed information after confirming your registration and at least 3 weeks before the start of the camp with the specific info sheet for your camp.

ℹ️ Additional information

You should be fit enough for physically demanding work and you should be able to ride a bike. Be sure to bring work clothes and (water)sturdy shoes (ideally rubber boots). Please note: There is a special Teenage Fee of 150€ for international volunteers who applied under 18 in this camp.

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